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<p><b><i>HuffPost</b></i> is a <a href="/pages/w/108042772556557">politically liberal</a> American <a href="/pages/w/110631148965528">news and opinion website</a> and <a href="/pages/w/109526619066676">blog</a> that now has both localized and international editions. Founded by <a href="/pages/w/104037072964994">Andrew Breitbart</a>, <a href="/pages/w/107369815959300">Arianna Huffington</a>, <a href="/pages/w/130092867032193">Kenneth Lerer</a>, and <a href="/pages/w/127020364007863">Jonah Peretti</a>. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy living, women's interests, and local news.</p><p><i>The Huffington Post</i> was launched on May 9, 2005, as a <a href="/pages/w/112337688783947">liberal</a> commentary outlet/blog and an alternative to news aggregators such as the <a href="/pages/w/103071246399615">Drudge Report</a>, and it continues to maintain a politically liberal stance. On February 7, 2011, <a href="/pages/w/103981519638926">AOL</a> acquired <i>The Huffington Post</i> for US$315 million, making Arianna Huffington editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group.</p><p>In July 2012, <i>The Huffington Post</i> was ranked No. 1 on the 15 Most Popular Political Sites list by <i>eBizMBA Rank</i>, which bases its list on each site's <a href="/pages/w/107814789240069">Alexa Global Traffic Rank</a> and U.S. Traffic Rank from both <a href="/pages/w/108408795851066">Compete</a> and <a href="/pages/w/103763912995149">Quantcast</a>. In 2012, <i>The Huffington Post</i> became the first commercially run <a href="/pages/w/112463092102121">United States</a> digital media enterprise to win a <a href="/pages/w/112324178784194">Pulitzer Prize</a>.</p>